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SR6 - First attempt at a Detective

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Ajax:
I’ve always tried to make the chrome-less, magic-less Runner viable. SR5 and SR6 are the only ones that have really be able to handle it, thanks to their Edge mechanics… Although in either edition, it requires a campaign that’s going to place more emphasis on the social, investigative, and exploration aspects of gameplay than combat. “Lucky” can hold his own against a couple of thugs, but he’s not going to be the guy you want in a heavy combat campaign.

I considered both Alcohol and Tobacco Addiction, but decided against it. I’ve always felt that an Addiction Negative Flaw shouldn’t simply be about the dependency but also about the addition being either difficult to feed such as illegal narcotics (BTLs, nova-coke, heroin) or have some serious mechanical impact for using it even if legal (Longhaul, prescribed painkillers). Alcohol and tobacco are legal and readily available, regular use isn’t too much of a mechanical drawback during play, et cetera. Plus, SR6 limits you to six Qualities total, the other qualities just seemed to be more fitting. YMMV.

Thanks for point out the problem with the Table Header row on his Contacts section… Not sure what’s causing the formatting issue there. I’ll see what I can do to fix it. Edit to Add: Seems like this forum isn’t setup to use [ TH ] tags, which is kind of annoying… But what can you do?

Hobbes:

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I considered both Alcohol and Tobacco Addiction, but decided against it. I’ve always felt that an Addiction Negative Flaw shouldn’t simply be about the dependency but also about the addition being either difficult to feed such as illegal narcotics (BTLs, nova-coke, heroin) or have some serious mechanical impact for using it even if legal (Longhaul, prescribed painkillers). Alcohol and tobacco are legal and readily available, regular use isn’t too much of a mechanical drawback during play, et cetera. Plus, SR6 limits you to six Qualities total, the other qualities just seemed to be more fitting. YMMV.


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I find that for legal addictions the Dependents negative quality does the job.  Mechanically it's a cash drain and the fluff is 100% up to the player.  So have a bartender, stripper, bookie, VRgirl, whatever as your 'Dependent' and call it a day.  I did that and SINner for my similar 'hard boiled' detective pre-gen I use to represent minor gambling, drug use, and child support.  Where does the Nuyen go?  Who knows, it's just gone instantly.

Ajax:
Ooh. I like that interpretation of Dependents… I’m out of room for more Qualities, but I think I’m going to flavor a bit of his “Hooder” Quality that way.

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